: philadelphia was the first american city to develop a water system and to take on as a municipal responsibility water delivery to all of its citizens. when william penn laid out the city, he actually chose a spot of land that had a lot of groundwater. however, by 1730, 30,000 people lived within the first seven blocks of philadelphia, next to the delaware river. well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. the groundwater was not potable. and in one year, 1/6 of the population died of yellow fever. now, they didn't know at the time that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes. but the health issue was major in that first movement to build a water system. narrator: so they set out to find the cleanest source of water. although the majority of philadelphia's water now comes from the delaware river, early engineers found that development along the waterfront was causing pollution. so their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engi

the look out nor hawks and ot across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. woman: okay, so today, we're going to look at how do we get our water? narrator: and today, it's a matter of simply turning on the tap. so often, we forget about the value of water. water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. and now, it's an expectation. narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic development, and for our quality of life. man: you just can't

died on february 1, 2013 at the age of 88. he served three terms as new york city mayor from 1978-1989. this portion is 20 minutes. >> i come today with love and condolences of new yorkers who are grieving with you at this moment. ed must be loving all of this attention. [laughter] i was thrilled he picked my neighborhood for his funeral. president clinton and rudy giuliani and governor cuomo and governor schumer and city and state federal and international officials and dignitaries, friends and family, fellow new yorkers, everyone is here today . i' i have no doubt ed is beaming and watching us down here. before last year's state of the city speech, we ran a video that included a shot of ed denting at the entrance ramp and yelling to all the cars that approached,, welcome to my bridge. welcome to my bridge. [laughter] needless to say, he brought down the house. half of the cameras stopped -- after the cameras stopped rolling, he stayed out there in the freezing cold shouting, welcome to my bridge. he loved it and we loved him. no mayor i think has ever embodied the spirit of new york

in. most of friday. once you get up to philadelphia and new york city, we'll have to watch the rain turning into snow friday night. so this is a storm that's going to be historical, hopefully, it won't be too crippling. at least it's fast-moving. >> you being mr. silver lining, the ski resorts -- >> the ski resorts are e-mailing me. snowmobilers. plough drivers. >>> the ten most disliked athletes in america. and outraged at what some are calling a racist frat party at duke university. we'll show you the pictures. >>> plus, the thrill of victory and the agony of racing up 1,576 steps of the empire state building. "early today" back in two minutes. >>> welcome back, here's some other stories making news this morning. new sanctions against iran go into effect today. the obama administration is targeting the company's big broadcaster and internet policing agency. economic sanctions enacted last summer have also been triggered. washington hopes the move will force iran to halt its nuclear program. >>> police in southern california are on the hunt for a man who used to be one of their hon

city in the housing projects in the poor neighborhoods in the city so it was something i had thought about actively since i was a little kid and so when it came into the supreme court i was interested in following that >> host: talking about the personal pieces i like to ask people their personal connection in the story when we get into the meat of it did you have a particularly stance on bus segregation? >> guest: i think they don't think about it and looking back to when i was looking at the reaction from the kids in the 70's when they started busting a lot of the kids would say i like it at this school. they didn't think about it but as i got older i started to think about not only going to schools and being surrounded by poverty that i didn't see in my neighborhood in the suburbs, but you know, at the same time in the schools that i had attended there was tracking so you have the regular program and in the advanced program they are close race on the class lines and so as a kid you absorb that and start to think about it and i remember being in high school one of the only

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turkey sandwich and watching sponge bob. >> tuesday night in midland city, the community came together for an early birthday celebration. ethan turns 6 on wednesday. kirk gregory, nbc news. >>> senate democrats on a retreat in maryland will get a visit from the president today to rally support for his second term budget including a request to delay spending cuts that kick in on march 1st. tracie potts has reaction from republicans and the latest nonpartisan budget forecast. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president says in order to delay the $85 billion in cuts coming at the end of this month, congress needs to pass yet another temporary fix while they continue working on a permanent budget. the focus for republicans is more spending cuts. that is likely where we expect to see a clash at some point. they want to see even deeper cuts than we've already seen. house speaker john boehner says it's the only way to fix our jobs problem in this country. meantime, the nonpartisan congressional budget office is predicting high unemployment continued through 2014 but, this is a big

evolves with the city. first elevators were installed for moving materials in the 1860's. in the 1870's, the first passenger elevator was installed, and that allowed building heights to go up to about seven floors. starting in the 18 eighties, 1890's, the first electric elevators were installed. that allowed for buildings to go up even higher, even more than 10 floors, and those were the first elevators that became representative of what we consider modern elevators today. >> so the height of buildings is related to elevator technology. >> both of these technologies encourage architects to build taller buildings. engineering and materials science provided a higher quality of steel to build with, and having passenger elevators meant it was the necessary anymore to climb a long flight of stairs to get to the top of the building. the elevator made the upper floors of the building more attractive than they were before. >> here we were at the historic st. francis hotel, which was actually a representation of the evolution of elevators. can you tell us more about san francisco history

doing a fake marriage proposal throughout new york city. >> ah. >> where they get engaged on the street, in the restaurant. >> yes! >> yes! >> of course, they sent the video to bruno mars' "marry you." >> i think i want to marry you. >> are you serious? >> you said to pick somewhere unique. >> not here. >> why are they doing this? >> why not do it, because you can get a lot of free stuff. if you're, like, a starving couple out there, go to a restaurant and do a fake proposal. >> seriously. they're getting a ton of attention. >> thank you so much. it's an 85 carat. i do, i do. >> throughout the video he actually just proposes to just random people on the street. >> will you marry me? please? i can help you take care of the baby. we first met here in grand central. >> i love him, because he's playing along. >> yes, yes. >> either in the library -- being very quiet. [ whispering ] >> will you marry me? >> thank you. >> look at this old lady. he's crying. >> oh -- >> that makes me feel bad, a little bit. >> the thing that really sucks, when they really get engaged, you did it already

camera out over new york city right now and you can see the snow is falling and the cars are still out on the streets. they are not moving very fast. i'm here in the weather center. let's talk about what we have so far. >> we have about 3 to 5 inches north of new york. we have 3 inches in the bronx. winds gusting to 36 in new york. but this is not the main event. the main event is overnight tonight. so, let's start with the radar. we will widen this out a little bit. you can see the bands of snow starting to move in over coastal connecticut and into massachusetts. and into the hudson river valley. we are looking at probably hurricane-force winds along the massachusetts coast by late tonight. predawn hours of tomorrow. these are pretty heavy bands of snow moving across southern new england right now. again, winds gusting to 41 miles per hour up into boston. the bulls eye is going to be east of 91, north of 90 and east of 495 up into eastern massachusetts and the northern and western suburbs of boston. again, they have a 495, too. west of that and north of the turnpike, we are talkin

afternoon we'll see some of the rain moving into d.c. and then late today into new york city. tomorrow, minor travel impact. again, i think tomorrow morning, new york city to philadelphia, there will be slippery roads. >> all right. thanks so much, bill. >>> straight ahead, no power and a handful of working toilets equals misery for 4,000 carnival cruise passengers. >>> plus, a freshman senator gets slapped down by veteran colleagues. first look is back in three minutes. my bad. tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. nope, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. [ normal voice ] same agent and everything. it's like we're connected. no we're not. yeah, we are. no, we're not. ♪ ask an allstate agent about the value plan. are you in good hands? mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8.

public schools there and i was -- when i was in the second grade, was in the inner city, one of the poorer neighborhoods in the city. so it was something i thought about since i was a little kid. and so when the case went to the supreme court, i was obviously very interested in following it because it was personal. >> host: talk about the personal connection. i always like to ask that before we get into the meat of it. when you were busing to the inner city, did you have a particularly stance on the question of desegregation and school integrace. >> guest: when you're a kid you don't thing about it. when i was reading at the reaction of the kids in the the '7s when they started buzzing -- busing, a lot of the kids were saying, i like this school, and as i got older i started to think about not only going to schooled and being surrounded by poverty i didn't see in my neighborhoods in the suburbs, but then the school is attended, there was tracking so you had the regular program, honors, and then we had advance programs, and those were cut very closely along race and class lines. so a

. then a little less from new haven to new york city because we may get a winter mix during the day on friday. changing over to snow on the back side. as far as historic goes, the best chance of that happening, the coastal flooding, the damaging winds, hurricane force winds that would be on cape cod 'the i-95 corridor from boston to providence. if you're traveling there, you're not going to do it friday into saturday. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. once again, washington, d.c., this will be a rain event when the storm comes in. most of friday. once you get up to philadelphia and new york city, we'll have to watch the rain turning into snow friday night. so this is a storm that's going to be historical, hopefully, it won't be too crippling. at least it's fast-moving. >> you being mr. silver lining, the ski resorts -- >> the ski resorts are e-mailing me. snowmobilers. plough drivers. >>> the ten most disliked athletes in america. and outraged at what some are calling a racist frat party at duke university. we'll show you

into the inner city, did you have a particularly sort of strident stance on the question of desegregation, the question of school integration? >> guest: i think as kids, you don't think about it. looking bag, i mean, even when i was reading back at the reaction for kids in the 70s when they started busing the kids, said, you know, i like it at the school, and they didn't think about it. it was the same way for me, but as we got older, i started to think about not only going to schools and being surrounded by poverty that i didn't see in the neighborhood in the suburbs, that's, you know, that's definitely eye opening, but at the same time, the schools that i attended, there was tracking so you had the regular program honors, and you had the advanced program, and those were cut very closely along in the class lines, and as a kid, you absorb that and think about it, and i remember being in high school and one of the only classes i took where television mixed between the tracks, it was a global studies course, i think, and there was an african-american student in the class who s

us and here's why. and cities can save us and here's why. by far the greatest aspect of the epidemic, i should say of our health challenges in america is the obesity epidemic. it's not that obesity itself is a problem but all these illnesses that obesity leads to. principal among them diabetes. diabetes now consumes 2% of our gdp. a child born after 2000 has a one in three chance in america becoming a diabetic. when i look at the first generation of americans who are going to live shorter lives than their parents. is probably not a huge surprise to you. we've all been talking about longtime about the wonders of the american corn syrup diet, and only reason as the argument have the studies been done comparing diet and physical inactivity. one of them is called gluttony versus law for another doctor at the mayo clinic put patients in electronic underwear and measured every motion, set a certain dietetic regime, study their weight, started pumping calories in and then some people got fat and other people didn't. and expecting some sort of metabolic factor at work or genetic been a facto

city the former chancellor of the washington, d.c. public school system recounts her career and present your thoughts on education reform. this event is about 45 minutes. >>> thank you during much for joining us.laus i know you've had a couple of busy days, jon stewart thise mog morning and we're delighted to have our friend here from c-spah covering this event that manyg t people across the united states can really benefit from a lot ob what michelle has to say. say. just to kickstart this evening, how did you come up with a up fascinating and interesting book "r book, "radical," and where did r this come from? the >> i think the genesis of the ne name is an interesting one ing that when i first got to d.c., rst it was the lowest performing and mostpe dysfunctional school district in the nation and that was a pretty widely known truth. so i started doing things that i thought for obvious to me by started closing work reform and schools and moving out in the affected employees, cutting the central office board of bureaucracy in half and as i was taking the measures peopleict in started

guest tonight is the police commissioner of new york city. please welcome to the program, commissioner ray kelly. sir, how are you sir? [ applause ] nice to see you. batman. thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. longtime fan. did you know? [laughter] against the law. just a warning this time. [ laughter ] >> jon: cuff it it's the fuzz. how are you? thanks for joining us. i want to talk about two things. we don't have a ton of time because obviously you are fighting crime. the first thing is going to be guns. there's a huge discussion on guns in this country right now. but it seems like there are lobby groups and advocacy groups, not a lot of law enforcement, seems like they should be the focus of discussion rather than not. is there a reason for that the? is law enforcement not allowed or permitted to take a public stand on what they might favor for gun issue? >> the think the big organizations have been speaking out about it. you saw the president yesterday in minnesota with a group of police officers. so i think parts are engaged, maybe not speak as loud as we

simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the city's water supply. they run hundreds of feet below manhattan, far deeper than the subways. built at the beginning of the 20th century, they are concrete-lined and bored through solid rock. they could last centuries. but the mechanical equipment within them will not. engineers in the 1950s discovered rust on the tunnel's valves. there were concerns that if they closed the valves for tunnel inspections, they may never open again, leaving new york city without water. so they chose to keep them open. as a result, there has not been significant inspection, maintenance, or repair of the tunnels in decades. no one knows their current condition. hurwitz: currently, city tunnel 1 and city tunnel number 2 would be feeding each half of the city. so you'd lose half the city if you didn't have a replacement. narrator: without half of its water supply, the city would shut down. for nearly 40 years, new york has been in the process of constructing a solution. man: this project is water tunnel number 3. we started on this project in 1969. i'm a

baltimore. the ravens are taking the lombardi trophy -- back to term city after that 34-31 win over san francisco. the atmosphere in baltimore is still electric. >> fans are flocking to get their hands on souvenirs. >> the baltimore ravens became super bowl champions for a second time about 13 hours ago and fans in raven countries are wasting no time. this is dicks sporting goods in columbia, maryland. they decided to open their doors at 6:00 in the morning and there were people waiting to get in. this is some of the stuff they are selling. it was not an easy victory but it was a big victory in new orleans. these are the popular t-shirts. how'd you get the shirts on the shelves so soon? >> mcvey cent of -- they sent them to was tuesday of zero championship week. >> you guys decided to open your doors extra early today. how does he have been this morning? how you keep the shelves and tables stocked? this place is crazy with fans. >> we actually opened in an open air fashion and we keep the shelves stocked and get more merchandise delivered almost every hour. we had deliveries at 1:00 las

wastewater infrastructure systems are actually paying for it. narrator: cities and municipalities across the united states are now facing this funding gap, between projected revenue and projected expenses, as they strive to maintain water quality and meet demand. new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have the united nations -- failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. so there's a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. things corrode, they rust. they get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. but it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation

york city, it wasn't the time for them to go off to philadelphia. but again, he was talked into it in terms of his duty. everyone said you are the only one who can make this new nation into a nation that will survive, and he believed that, and so he took it on. um, she came to believe that, but she still found it very hard -- found it very hard to forgive all of his political enemies who took advantage of his sense of duty to play all sorts of political games and tricks with him. .. it shows her on a platform receiving. but of course, she didn't do that. that is the 19th century re-imagination. actually, they received a plane, drawing room and she sat on the couch and often on the couch sat with her was abigail adams. abigail considered that her place to sit next to mrs. washington. they met people as they came in. they shook hands, but there was never the sense of a platform or thrown to raise them above. that was never the way that she looked at herself as the president's first lady. it was never the way that he looked at himself. they both had a good sense of their own dignity, cer

tonight new york city police commissioner ray kelly is going to join us. and after the show, directly after the show, he and i are going to go on the roof of this building and we're going to summon batman. only the police commissioner knows how to do. that you shine a light and then -- [laughter] as you know, kind of a funny thing happened in this year's presidential election amidst the worst economy in decades, high unemployment and a steep spiritual decline, the country chose not a self made and virtuous patriot to heal our woes -- [laughter] -- but the same foreign-born socialist tyrant who created all of our woes. [ laughter ] how did republicans lose this eminently winnable presidential race? the republican party has a serious messaging problem. >> i think our messaging has not been very strong. >> the messaging was bad. >> jon: messaging. [ laughter ] if only people knew what the republicans were about, what the republicans need is some kind of 24-hour a day seven day a week perpetual messaging refinement and distribution resource, preferly one close to the trappings o

and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have the united nations -- failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. so there's a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. things corrode, they rust. they get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. but it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. narrator: two massive underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the city's water supply. they run hundreds of feet below manhattan, far deeper than the subways. built at the beginning of the 20th century, they are concrete-lined and bored through solid rock. they could last centuries. but the mechanical equipment within them will not. engineers in the 1950s discovere

. before last year's state of the city speech, we ran a video that included a shot of ed denting at -- standing at the entrance ramp and yelling to all the cars that approached,, welcome to my bridge. welcome to my bridge. [laughter] needless to say, he brought down the house. after the cameras stopped rolling, he stayed out there in the freezing cold shouting, welcome to my bridge. he loved it and we loved him. no mayor i think has ever embodied the spirit of new york city like he did. i do not think anyone will. brash and irreverent, full of humor, he was our city's it essential mayor. it was an attitude he displayed for the world every day. we have such respect for him. it was matched by his integrity, intelligence, and independence. i was lucky enough to get an endorsement from him for first term of mayor. he was one of the few people crazy enough to back me. i do not know a thing of politics. i always remember that advice he gave me. he said, be yourself, say what you believe, and not worry what people think. god knows he did not worry about it. he was a genuine politician as a

reauthorization over the expanded protections. in more than 200 cities around the world thursday, people flocked to the streets to dance as part of the global 1 billion rising campaign to end violence against women and girls. global actions included marches, rallies, flash mobs, workshops, and lots of dancing. one country the forefront was india, where mass protests cruise the erupted over the gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in new delhi. hundreds joined the 1 billion rising action in south africa where and the same day the girlfriend of paralympic star oscar pistorius was shot dead on the outskirts of the capital. the story is known globally as the first double leg amputee to run in the olympics appeared in court today to face a single charge of murder. on thursday, protesters were more focused on his alleged victim, the 30-year-old model reeva steenkamp. >> a woman died and i am angry. i'm angry that a woman died again today. whether oscar is guilty or not, i cannot say. all i can say is a woman died and it is one woman too many. >> new york city joined in the global upr

like the mayor, brilliant guy. >> you know in new york city they will allow you carry marijuana but you can't have a 16-ounce pepsi. [ laughter ] >> what world are we living in. >> neil: you can't put the marijuana in styrofoam whether you are pro or con on this issue isn't there bigger issues? >> new york city. listen to charlie's point. mayor has done a great job. we have a problems that rank a little higher than styrofoam. what about them? just a little bit higher. i guess if you are going out this is where he takes a victory lap. >> neil: i want to thank charlie and gerri. a lot more coming up, the markets in 2013. and charles payne, she knocking out of the park. his best bet for the new year. trinity industries is up 18%. now, he has three new picks for the rest of the year. curious why ben stein is not here. we report.

plastic foam and shove it? the new york city's mayor saying this plastic foam has got to go. but is the n >> all right. first, super sized drinks and now plastic foam. new york city mayor michael bloomberg pushing the packaging used usually to-go. and charles says the ban has to go. >> you get something with gravy on it, put it in paper? and hopefully don't have far to go. i don't think the president-- i'm sorry, the president -- mayor bloomberg understands little people. all the little ma and pa stores in the bronx and the city that just the inventory change alone could break their backs, but it's nuts, so imperial to me. >> neil: what do you make of it, adam? >> well, 20 years ago i covered the story when mcdonald did away with the polly styrene clamshell. they went to a product not as good, but they and their customers survived and i expect you new yorkers will survive this ban as well. >> neil: dpchgerri. >> there's a money angle, in the house they banned styrofoam and costs went through the roof. and the bodegas on 6th and 48th and 47th can't afford to make this change, it's ridiculo

, that's my prediction, about a hundred cities-- >> if you think about it, southwest started the idea to feed an area of the country that were not served by the big guys, you don't see that happening again? >> well, i just think that you've had so much consolidation now that the rural routes aren't necessarily profitable. >> and those people-- >> the president has another program on his hands right here, you know? the rural, the rural airlines. you know it's coming. >> of course. >> it is not coming. >> adam, please. >> come on. just wait. >> adam, you know that, that's-- >> and by the way, you just have to wait a year, one more state of the union. >> nice pivot, charlie. >> the obama pivot. and when we come back, our plastic foam pivot because you'll say goodbye to these soon the new nanny state ban that has someone here foaming at the mouth. oh! progress-oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on facebook. new griddle-melts to youre usual breakfast sand

night when the rain started. lock at this video last night from civilian and daly city area. good rain came down. it has been a while. so, some people had their umbrellas and paid attention and knew it was coming and others were caught off guard. it ised in -- it is understandable. we have not had a good rain since december. january is the third most dry january on record. the rain is finally here. expect it to be spotty through the morning so keep that in mind headed to work or wherever you are headed. don't put the umbrella away yet. it is here. you will need it. after today it is locking like you will be able to store the umbrella because it will be dry after this so put up with it now because it won't be here for long. >> our storm is relatively minor compared to the northeast where they are preparing for huge blizzard forecasted to hit the same areas slammed by super storm sandy last year. now a look at flurries falling in new york city right now. that will make traffic tough in the city. blizzard wantings took affect an hour and a half ago for new york city and parts of new jerse

. nothing coming down yet but it's not far 8 war. new york city one of the tric trickiest forecasts on the board. right on the borderline there of a lot of rain or a lot of snow. we're waking up this morning, at least 23 million under blizzard warnings. if you're thinking of traveling in the northeast later today, especially after noon or saturday morning, you may want to reconsider. you should reconsider. more than 1,900 flights have already been canceled, the majority coming from newark, laguardia, jfk, providence, hartford. amtrak is reducing service on excel, new york, boston. governors of most of the affected states are telling people they do not want you on the roads after noon today. the cars get stuck on the highways, the plows can't go down, the roads never get cleared until the tow trucks come. after noon, get home. blizzard warnings, winter storm warnings, from philadelphia northward through the region. the storm itself, the worst of it, is mostly going to be in eastern mass. coastal areas of maine from portland to portsmouth all the way down through the boston area, cape cod, p

straight. if you're found smoking pot you get the same punishment in the city is if you have a large soda? something is wrong with that. that's my "2 cents more." coming uponday, the market is closed for president stake, but we will be here. join us on monday. we will see you then. >> good evening, everybody. while much of the world awakened this morning is anxiously anticipating a close encounter with a 150-foot wide asteroid called the a 14, russians and the region saw the trail of a huge meteor streaking across there strike. the streaking the right exploded over the mountains in russia early today, injuring more than 1,000 people. solid glass or the force of an atomic bomb wrecked building facades and blew out windows. the meteor estimated to be approximately 10 tons in weight, about 50 feet wide coming into the earth's atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of 303,000 miles-per-hour shattering into pieces about 30 miles above ground. one of those pieces eventually plunged -- plus a circular hole, as you see there, frozen over a lake. experts saying there were no surprise that the piece

republic is the beautiful city of prague. today, it's the capital of a democratic state, but for more than 40 years...prague was under the thumb of moscow. because of the communist influence, one would expect that there would be a monument here to lenin. there is. but not to thlenin, one of the founders of communism, but to lennon, one of the founders of the beatles. the people of prague call it "the lennon wall." it's covered with graffiti honoring the singer. >> i think it's neat how the city almost encourages it, 'cause in the united states, graffiti is more of a -- it's kind of looked at as not an art form. but in prague, all over the city, it's accepted as an art, which i think is interesting. >> graffiti has a special place in the hearts of people here. under communism, speaking out against government was forbidden, so graffiti was a form of political protest. when john lennon was killed in 1980, young people again turned to graffiti. to them, lennon stood for peace and artistic freedom. writing on the wall helped them express their sadness over his death as well as their own ye